17th March

Glass Heart

Name: Glass Heart
Start: 2024-03-17T14:00:00+1100
End: 2024-03-17T15:00:00+1100
Location: Wollongong Art Gallery

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Event description

Luminescence Chamber Singers delve into 500 years of love songs and break-up anthems. From Monteverdi’s monumental “Sestina” and Marenzio’s sensuous “Baci Soavi e Cari”, to music by David Lang, Eric Whitacre, Drew Crawford, and more. Glass Heart explores the fragility of life and love, and the shattering pain of heartbreak.

1 hour no interval

Programme:

SESTINA: LAGRIME D’AMANTE AL SEPOLCRO DELL’AMATA Claudio Monteverdi (1614)

A CHANTAR M’ER Beatriz, Contessa di Dia (1175)

AH ROBIN, GENTLE ROBIN William Cornysh (1545)

I LIVE IN PAIN David Lang (2011)

WHEN THE HEART IS CUT OR CRACKED OR BROKEN Drew Crawford (2015)

MATONA MIA CARA Orlande de Lassus (1581)

A BOY AND A GIRL Eric Whitacre (2002)

BACI, SOAVI E CARI Luca Marenzio (1591)

KAIPAAVA Trad. Finnish Arr. Essi Wuorela & Jussi Chydenius (1999)

GLITTER IN THE AIR Alecia Moore (P!NK) /Billy Mann (2008), arr. Roland Peelman (2014)

FRAGILE Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (Sting), arr. Luminescence (2024)

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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Luminescence Chamber Singers

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Comprised of six professional singers, Luminescence Chamber Singers is a virtuosic vocal ensemble based on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country [Canberra, Australia]. Performing music that spans Medieval chant and Renaissance polyphony as well as folk song, pop, and contemporary art music, Luminescence has rapidly emerged as one of Australia’s leading ensembles.

Recent performance highlights have included appearances at the Sydney Opera House (2023), City Recital Hall (2018), major collaborations with the National Museum of Australia (2022) and the National Gallery of Australia (2023), and Four Winds Festival (2019, 2020, 2022). Since 2017, Luminescence has appeared annually at the Canberra International Music Festival, performing in more than 16 festival programs including the collaborations with many of Australia’s leading musicians: Ensemble Offspring, Bach Akadamie Australia. Luminescence presents an annual concert program in Canberra, Sydney and surrounding regions as well as appearing for a range of festivals, collaborations, and special events.

Luminescence works closely with conductor and director Roland Peelman AM, a regular guest conductor and artistic mentor for the ensemble.

Luminescence also delivers a range of educational activities, including workshops, young artist programs, masterclasses, holiday programs, including an acclaimed program for young performers: the Luminescence Children's Choir.

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